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Barber Shop Business Plan Example
Barber Shop Business Plan Example
[YEAR]
John Doe
10200 Bolsa Ave, Westminster, CA, 92683
(650) 359-3153
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 4
Business Overview 5
Our Services 5
Vision 5
Mission 5
Customer Focus 6
Management Team 6
JOHN DOE 6
Success Factors 6
Financial Highlights 6
Business Overview 8
About J&S 9
Our Services 9
Hair services 9
Our Products 9
Brands 10
Salon Design 10
Industry Analysis 11
Industry Trends 12
Market-level trends 12
Firm-level trends 12
Customer-level trends 12
Customer Analysis 13
Demographic Profile of Target Market 14
Customer Segmentation 14
Soccer/stay-at-home moms 15
Professionals 15
Students 15
Chart 15
Competitive Analysis 16
Direct & Indirect Competitors 17
Joe’s Beauty Salon 17
LUX CUTS 17
Freddie’s Fast Hair Salon 17
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Competitive Pricing 17
Payment Options 18
Competitive Advantage 18
Competitive Advantage 18
Marketing Plan 19
The J&S Brand 20
Promotions Strategy 20
Local Publications 20
Major Publications 20
Community Events/Organizations 21
Commute Advertising 21
Customer Loyalty Programs 21
Direct Mail 21
Ongoing Customer Communications 22
Pre-Opening Events 22
Pricing Strategy 22
Operations Plan 23
Functional Roles 24
Service Functions 24
Administrative Functions 24
Miscellaneous 24
Milestones 24
Management Team 26
Management Team Members 27
JOHN DOE 27
JANE DOE 27
Hiring Plan 27
Financial Plan 28
Revenue and Cost Drivers 29
Capital Requirements and Use of Funds 29
Key Assumptions & Forecasts 29
Income Statement (5 Year projections) 30
Balance Sheet (5 Year projections) 31
Cash Flow Statement (5 Year projections) 31
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Executive Summary
Business Overview
Our Services
Vision
Mission
Customer Focus
Management Team
Success Factors
Financial Highlights
John & Sons (J&S) Barbing Salon is a standard and licensed barbing salon
that will be located in a richly populated neighborhood in West Palm Beach,
Florida – United States of America. We chose to open our barbing salon in this
city because of the need for the services of a standard barbing salon in the
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neighborhood.
Our Services
John & Sons will provide relationship-oriented haircutting services for all ages
and both genders. Haircutters will focus on building long-term rapport with their
clients and strive to deliver personalized beauty results for each individual.
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offering;
Vision
Mission
Management Team
JOHN DOE
Owner - john.doe@example.com
J&S is led by John Doe who has been in the hair care business for 20 years. While
Mr. doe has never run a hair salon himself, he has been cutting hair since age 15
and spent most of his adult life working as a stylist at several major salons. As
such Mr. Doe has an in-depth knowledge of the salon business including the
operations side (e.g., running day-to-day operations) and the business
management side (e.g., staffing, marketing, etc.).
Success Factors
The Company will fill a specific market niche in the growing community
we are entering. In addition, we have surveyed the local population and
received extremely positive feedback saying thatTothey
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Financial Highlights
J&S is currently seeking $260,000 to launch. Specifically, these funds will be used as follows:
Average customers/day 26 29 32 36 41
Business Overview
About J&S
Our Services
Our Products
Salon Design
Our Services
Below are J&S’s initial service offerings and in-store products sold.
Each appointment will include an initial hair assessment and suggestion phase where the stylist will
discuss the customer’s hair and preferred hairstyle. There will then be a pre-cut hair wash with our in-
store products, a haircut or coloring as appropriate, and finally a post-cut styling to our customer’s
preferences.
Hairstylists will be asked to perform the following services for both men and women:
Hair services
Our Products
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Our Products
J&S will feature premium hair products in-store from these well-established brands. It will continue to
update its offering in order to provide the newest hair products to its customers.
Brands
Salon Design
Industry Analysis
Industry Trends
Industry Trends
The industry in which J&S will compete is experiencing a number of different trends.
Market-level trends
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Price sensitivity at the bottom. The low-cost segment of the market, which
primarily serves men and children, often competes on the basis of price. This
reflects the different preferences of these particular consumers, who are often
more interested in an affordable haircut than in seeing the same haircutter on a
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regular basis.
Firm-level trends
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Customer-level trends
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Customer Analysis
Demographic Profile of Target Market
Customer Segmentation
The area we serve is populated mostly by the middle class; as a result, they have the means to pay for
higher quality service and are looking for a hair and beauty services somewhere between the deep
discounters and the top-end luxury brands.
The precise demographics of the town in which our retail location resides is as follows:
Wilmette Winnetka
Customer Segmentation
The Company will primarily target the following three customer segments:
Soccer/stay-at-home moms
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Professionals
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There are multiple high schools and middle schools located in the surrounding
area. These students still live on their parents’ income and can therefore afford
to pay for higher-quality services than discounters provide. In particular, J&S
can expect to generate significant seasonal businesses based on the beauty
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needs of the local youth culture.
Students
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Students: 26.0 %
Professionals: 34.0 %
Joe’s Beauty Salon is the town’s most popular beauty salon and has been in
business for 32 years. Joe’s offers a wide array of services that you would
expect from a beauty salon.
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and pedicures. In fact, over 60% of Joe’s revenue comes from services
LUX CUTS has been in business for 5 years. LUX CUTS offers an extremely
high-end hair service, with introductory prices of $120 per hair cut.
LUX CUTS
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Freddie’s Fast Hair Salon has located four stores down the road from J&S.
Freddy’s has been in business for the past 3 years and enjoys great success,
primarily due to its prime location.
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volume over
quality. It also has a large customer base comprised of children between the
Competitive Pricing
John and Sons Barbing Salon will work towards ensuring that all our services
are offered at highly competitive prices compare to what is obtainable in The
United States of America.
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pricing so as to attract all and sundry that is why we have consulted with
At John & Sons Barbing Salon, our payment policy is all-inclusive because we
are quite aware that different people prefer different payment options as it suits
them. Here are the payment options that will be available in all our outlets;
Payment Options
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Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advantage
Management Relationships
Marketing Plan
The J&S Brand
Promotions Strategy
Pricing Strategy
The J&S brand will focus on the Company’s unique value proposition:
Convenient location
Familiar, regular hairstylist
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Significant personal attention
Promotions Strategy
J&S expects its target market to be individuals working and/or living within a 5-mile radius of its
location. [The Company’s] promotions strategy to reach these individuals includes:
John & Sons will announce its opening several weeks in advance through
publicity pieces in multiple local newspapers and publications. Regular
advertisements will run to maintain exposure to relevant markets. Community
newspapers, school publications, youth sports programs, and similar channels
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will be a major promotion effort.
Local Publications
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Major Publications
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Community Events/Organizations
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We will drive attention toward J&S by hiring workers to hold signs alongside
Washington road. Advertising on heavily traveled commute routes is an
opportunity to alert large numbers of working individuals with disposable
income of our opening.
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Commute Advertising
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J&S will create a winning customer loyalty program to keep its best clients
coming back again and again. When not actively providing services to
customers in the store, our professionals and other employees will make
periodic, regular phone calls to customers. These phone calls will (a) ensure
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that customers are satisfied with their hair treatment, and (b) remind customers
J&S will blanket neighborhoods surrounding its locations with direct mail
pieces. These pieces will provide general information on J&S, offer discounts,
and/or provide other inducements for people to visit the salon.
Direct Mail
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Before opening the store, J&S will organize pre-opening events designed for
prospective customers, local merchants, and press contacts. These events will
create buzz and awareness for J&S in the area.
Pre-Opening Events
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John & Sons Barbing Salon will work towards ensuring that all our services are
offered at highly competitive prices compare to what is obtainable in The
United States of America.
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lowering
pricing so as to attract all and sundry that is why we have consulted with
Pricing Strategy
Operations Plan
Functional Roles
Milestones
J&S will carry out its day-to-day operations primarily on an appointment basis.
Walk-in clients will be served by the earliest available hairstylist, but priority will
be given to clients who called ahead. In the meantime, waiting for customers
can divert themselves in the lounge, which features television and current
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popular magazines. The Company intends to employ [X] hairstylists and [A]
Haircutting
Hair coloring
Hair washing
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Service Functions
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Administrative Functions
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Maintenance personnel
Miscellaneous
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Milestones
John & Sons' long term goal is to become the dominant provider of hair care and related services and
The following are a series of steps that lead to our vision of long-term success. J&S expects to
achieve the following milestones in the following [xyz] months:
Date Milestone
Management Team
Management Team Members
Hiring Plan
JOHN DOE
Owner - john.doe@example.com
J&S is led by John Doe who has been in the hair salon business for 20 years.
While Mr. Doe has never run a hair salon himself, he has extensive experience
cutting, treating, and styling hair at major salons for the past 20 years. He began
his career in [19xx] when he received a certification from Artcon Cutting School
and began work at [major chain], where he worked for X years.
JANE DOE
Managing Director- jane.doe@example.com
Ms. Jane Doe will serve as the customer service manager. He/she has extensive
experience in the hospitality industry.
Hiring Plan
John Doe will serve as the store manager. In order to launch our salon, we
need to hire the following personnel:
Financial Plan
Revenue and Cost Drivers
Capital Requirements and Use of Funds
Key Assumptions & Forecasts
Income Statement (5 Year projections)
Balance Sheet (5 Year projections)
Cash Flow Statement (5 Year projections)
J&S’s revenues will come primarily from the services rendered and secondarily
from the sale of hair care products.
As with most services, labor expenses are the key cost drivers for hair salons.
Hairstylists are paid through a combination of salaries To
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commission,
rewarding them for performance and making hair stylists an active part in
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John & Sons are seeking total funding of $260,000 of debt capital to launch its
store. The capital will be used for funding capital expenditures and location
build-out, hiring initial employees, marketing expenses, and working capital.
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Year 1 26
Year 2 29
Year 3 32
Year 4 36
Year 5 41
Haircut $35
Color $40
Revenues
ASSETS
Accounts receivable $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Share Capital $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Cash Flow from Operations ($54,811) $118,902 $114,193 $145,037 $179,244
Investment ($246,450) $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Cash Flow from Financing $317,971 ($45,424) ($45,424) ($45,424) ($45,424)
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